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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3043-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3043-2016
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Research article
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29 Jul 2016
Research article |
| 29 Jul 2016
Application of tritium in precipitation and baseflow in Japan: a case study of groundwater transit times and storage in Hokkaido watersheds
International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM),
Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Uwe Morgenstern
GNS Science, Avalon, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Michael K. Stewart
Aquifer Dynamics & GNS Science, P.O. Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Yusuke Yamazaki
International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM),
Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Kazuhisa Kashiwaya
Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region (CERI), PWRI,
Sapporo, Japan
Terumasa Nishihara
Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region (CERI), PWRI,
Sapporo, Japan
Daisuke Kuribayashi
International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM),
Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Hisaya Sawano
International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM),
Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Yoichi Iwami
International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM),
Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Latest update: 26 Dec 2024
Short summary
Tritium-estimated groundwater mean transit times (MTTs) and storage volumes provide useful information for water resources management especially during droughts. In Hokkaido, we find that (1) one tritium measurement at baseflow is already sufficient to estimate MTT for some catchments, (2) the hydrogeological settings control tritium transit times of subsurface groundwater storage at baseflow, and (3) in future, one tritium measurement will be sufficient to estimate MTT in most Japanese catchments.
Tritium-estimated groundwater mean transit times (MTTs) and storage volumes provide useful...
